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Farmers in the western areas Massachusetts resented the fact tat the state's tax laws, enacted by the merchants of Boston and other seaports, favored trade at the expense of agriculture. In other words, the farmers were paying taxes which helped the ship and commerce community of Massachusetts. The farmers demanded abolition of aristocratic branches of the government in Boston.

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